Rainfall update: dry since 10/20/09

Your InMenlo team does manage to occasionally travel beyond 94025, as they did Saturday morning (11/14) when they experienced a significant rain shower only two miles away in 94028 (Portola Valley). But demonstrating what a micro-climate the San Francisco Peninsula is, there was no precipitation during the same period in 94025 (Menlo Park). Reports William Russ: “No measurable rain in my two gauges We have had none since .1″ on October 20th bringing our year-to-date total to 4″. It was 2.6″ the same time in 08′.” So it looks like we’re ahead of the game for this rain season. Meanwhile, Tom Stienstra’s column in today’s San Francisco Chronicle explains what winter 2009-10 may bring.